New H.S. Football Coaches

Putnam County has five high schools, and three of them will have a new football coach when the 2026 season starts this month.

Brewster, Carmel, and Putnam Valley will all have new men on the sidelines with the headphones.

And Brewster kept it in the family.

Ryan Cleary, who is the head boys’ lacrosse coach in the spring, will be calling the shots for the Bears’ football program in the fall. He takes over for Ed Mulvihill.

Victor Chiappa is now the head coach at Putnam Valley, replacing Ryan Elsasser.

And at Carmel, the new chief is Alex Beauchesne, taking over for Brendan Connolly.

This will be the 13th year for Ryan McConville at Haldane and the 10th for Dominic DeMatteo at Mahopac.